Red Wings' news...

Red Wings/Pittsburgh Penguins,tonight,in Pittsburgh...

Lokomotiv Jaroslavl game score...

Lokomotiv Jaroslavl 4,Metallurg Nk 1... three second period goals doomed Metallurg Nk...

Lokomotiv Jaroslavl news...

Metallurg Nk plays Lokomotov Jaroslavl today,so,i will get some sleep before the game...

preseason Red Wings' game score...

Red Wings 3,Bruins 1...

Red Wings' news...

Red Wings/Bruins,in Boston,tonight...

Lokomotiv Jaroslavl game score...

Lokomotiv Jaroslavl 3,Admiral 0...

Lokomotiv Jaroslavl news...

Lokomotiv Jaroslavl plays Admiral,today... the game is just starting in Jaroslavl,Russia,so the game report will be a few hours late,because i need sleep...

preseason Red Wings game score...

Bruins 4,Red Wings 3,overtime...

Red Wings' news...

Boston Bruins/Red Wings,tonight,in Detroit...

injury update...

Pavel Datsyuk tweeted that he is on schedule to play in late October/early November... he had tendon repair surgery,in the offseason...

Lokomotiv Jaroslavl game score...

Lokomotiv Jaroslavl 1,Amur 0...

preseason Red Wings game score...

Red Wings 6,Penguins 1... Red Wings bulldoze Penguins... however,it is only preseason,but Jimmy Howard had a good game,so that is a plus,folks...

Red Wings' news...

Pittsburgh Penguins/Red Wings,tonight,in Detroit... third preseason game in three days...

preseason Red Wings' game score...

Red Wings 4,Blackhawks 1... Tomas Tatar scored a hat trick...

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i am watching the Red Wings/Blackhawks preseason game,on NHL Network,so i will post the score shortly after game is completed...

Red Wings' news...

Blackhawks/Red Wings,tonight,at Joe Louis Arena,in Detroit... preseason game two of eight....

Lokomotiv Jaroslavl game score...

Sibir 1,Lokomotiv Jaroslavl 0... a second period goal stopped the Train...

KHL news...

Lokomotiv Jaroslavl/Sibir game is about to start,so there is an update coming,today...

preseason Red Wings' game score...

Chicago Blackhawks 5,Red Wings 4,overtime... Red Wings overcome a 4-1 lead early in the third period to force overtime... nice start to the preseason,but lousy end to game...

Red Wings' news...

the first preseason game for the Red Wings,against the Chicago Blackhawks(major BOO!!!)will be on tape on NHL Network,tonight... YAY!!!

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the NHL preseason starts today... Red Wings play the Chicago Blackhawks,tomorrow,in Chicago... will note score,tomorrow... they play eight games in the preseason...

Lokomotiv Jaroslavl game score...

Lokomotiv Jaroslavl 3,Torpedo 1... two third period goals sunk the Torpedo...

KHL update...

Lokomotiv Jaroslavl plays today,so that will be a score update... GO TRAIN!!!!

blog statement...

day off... "Idaho Spud" time...

Red Wings' trivia...

what year did the Red Wings start wearing their current logo of a winged wheel??? answer:1932-1933...

Lokomotiv Jaroslavl game score,and historical note...

Lokomotiv Jaroslavl 4,Dinamo Minsk 0... historical note:four years ago,the Yak-42 that crashed and killed 44 people,was headed to Minsk,to open the 2011 KHL season,for the Train...

blog statement...

day off... "Idaho Spud" time.... note:the preseason starts on September 22nd,for the Red Wings...

blog statement...

day off... "Idaho Spud" time...

Lokomotiv Jaroslavl game score...

Lokomotiv Jaroslavl 3,Metallurg Mg. 0...

2015-2016 Chicago Blackhawks...

the Chicago Blackhawks are the defending Stanley Cup champions,and will be a playoff team,in 2015-2016,but besides that,they are an enigma... with Patrick Kane in legal limbo,are the Blackhawks like the Green Bay Packers in the NFL??? does one player make a big difference,as in the case of the Packers,who knows??? in the case of the Blackhawks,unless you have a player like Pittsburgh Penguins' Sidney Crosby, the answer is no... the Blackhawks are a very good offensive team,and with Duncan Keith,on defense,they should be fine,even though,some pundits have said that Keith is not the same player,as in years past... they have many players from the 2010 Stanley Cup champions,who beat the Philadelphia Flyers in six games,for a good core of players... Corey Crawford does not get much respect outside of Chicago,but he is a very good goaltender... expect Kane to be punished,by the NHL,but after the legal process works itself out(if Kane gets in trouble with the law),but again,it is Chicago,you know,ha ha... expect a very good Stanley Cup defense from this team...

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tomorrow,i will finish my previews of all thirty NHL teams by previewing the Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks... i am very sorry for the delay,but i wanted to know about the situation involving Patrick Kane,before finishing it,and i will check that in the next 24 hours,and then i will preview the Blackhawks... be back tomorrow...

blog statement...

day off... watching football,today... "Idaho Spud" time...

Lokomotiv Jaroslavl game score...

Avengard 3,Lokomotiv Jaroslavl 0...

blog statement...

day off... very tired... "Idaho Spud" time...

Lokomotiv Jaroslavl game score...

Ugra 2,Lokomotiv Jaroslavl 1...

blog statement...

because of developments in Chicago about Patrick Kane,and the stoppage of the grand jury investigation(Kane is under investigation,and Kane,or the victim may want to settle),and what may happen,i will delay the final NHL team preview a few days... it will be done by September 15th... sorry,folks...

Lokomotov Jaroslavl game score...

Lokomotiv Jaroslavl 3,Avtomobilist 2,overtime...

blog statement...

day off... "Idaho Spud" time... note:Lokomotiv Jaroslavl is playing,as i type this,so i will note that later... the 30th NHL team-the Stanley Cup Champion Chicago Blackhawks will be previewed tomorrow...

2015-2016 Tampa Bay Lightning...

the Tampa Bay Lightning should be very good this season... after losing in the Stanley Cup Finals to the Chicago Blackhawks,they lost only one free agent to other teams,so the nucleus of this team is still intact,which is very bad for the rest of the NHL... injuries are healing for Tyler Johnson(broken wrist),who led the NHL,in goals,during the Stanley Cup playoffs... Brian Boyle,Steven Stamkos,Nikita Kucherov,along with Johnson should power the team offense,and as Victor Hedman Anton Stralman,and Nikita Nesterov should man the tight,tough,and brutal team defense... with a real loaded team like the Lightning,the big question should be backup goaltender... Andrei Vasilevskiy is out two or three months after surgery,today,to remove a blood clot near his clavicle,so who is going to back up Ben Bishop,who had a great year,but can he hold up without a viable backup??? that is the question,of all questions,for the Lightning???

a sad day in memory;light a candle,and have a black ribbon,today...

Jaroslavl,Russia... four years ago,44 people died in YAK-42 plane crash(one died in hospital,five days later)... on the first anniversary,i wrote down every victim's name... i just bow my head in deep memory... note:they are on my banner in memory,and have been there for four years...

2015-2016 New York Rangers...

the New York Rangers won the (almost dreaded)President's Trophy(best regular season record in the NHL),with a record of 53-22-7,for 113 points,but the Stanley Cup playoff woes continued for the Rangers,in getting beaten by the Tampa Bay Lightning in seven games,in the Eastern Conference Finals... Henrik Lundqvist was the second best goaltender,in the NHL,behind the Vezina Trophy winner Carey Price,of the Montreal Canadiens... the team offense last season scored a League-best sixty more goals than they allowed in goal... the roster of the Rangers are more blue collar than star-studded,but they really do have talent on team offense and team defense,and they will be a Stanley Cup playoff-bound team,this season... the biggest question is depth on the blue line,and whether Lundqvist can repeat the career year that he had,last season??? my opinion is that he will,but do not expect as many wins as last season,because last season was a dream for the Rangers,but they will be tough to beat...

Lokomotiv Jaroslavl game score...

Barys 4,Lokomotiv Jaroslavl 3... two second period goals 2:38 apart gave Barys just enough cushion in their win over the Train...

blog statement...

day off... "Idaho Spud" time... note:too early to do anything....

2015-2016 Anaheim Ducks,and a personal story...

note:my time with the Anaheim Ducks goes back to the team's opening day,October 8th,1993,when they played the Red Wings... they lost 7-2,to the Red Wings,that night... funny thing about that night is that i listened to the game on radio,in Anaheim... i was doing renovation work on a house(one of many small jobs,while in Orange County),but the cheapskate got himself arrested,and i never got paid for the work... now,for this year's preview of the Ducks:they were the best team in the Western Conference,in the regular season,with 109 points(tied with the St. Louis Blues),but one very odd thing that does not happen too often happened with the Ducks... they scored only ten more goals that they allowed,as a team,in the entire season... a winning team usually scores twenty or more goals that they allowed,and yet,the Ducks did not do that... why??? simple:they were very tough to beat in one goal games,they rarely gave up a lead in the third period,or simply scored a critical goal,in the third period to beat your team... they won 26 games,at home,and 25 games,on the road(26-12-3/25-12-4),43 regulation/overtime wins-tied for third in the NHL,and eight shootout wins... tough team to play,last season... Frederik Andersen was a rock in goal,Ryan Getzlaf,along with Corey Perry was a dynamic duo(one or the other just "killed" a team every night,with an outstanding play),and stingy team defense,just clamped down on a team,when the Ducks were ahead,or Getzlaf and Perry would make a team pay with an outstanding play in the third period almost every night,and the team had a rather nasty edge of physicality that not many teams had... question for the Ducks:can they do it again??? do not bet against them...

blog statement...

i am still waking up,so i will be back later,folks,to do my blogging... Anaheim Ducks,next,in my NHL team preview...

blog statement...

there are four more teams to preview in my NHL 30 team previews for the 2015-2016 NHL season... first will be the Anaheim Ducks,then the New York Rangers,and finally the Tampa Bay Lightning,and the Stanley Cup Champion Chicago Blackhawks... the "final four" previews will start tomorrow...

blog statement...

need to do some things today... have had back pain for about three days... i will take a long walk,and do small things to just stay loose... paying "Bill" will wait,one day,and i will be fine... day off... a very leisurely "Idaho Spud" time...

2015-2016 St. Louis Blues...

the St. Louis Blues actually tied with the Anaheim Ducks,for the best record in the Western Conference,with 109 points,but lost the tiebreaker,to Anaheim in regulation/overtime wins(ROW's),by one win(Anaheim:43 wins,St. Louis 42 wins)... captain David Backes,Alexander Steen,Alex Pietrangelo,and Kevin Shattenkirk will balance out their team offense,and team defense... Brian Elliott anchors the goaltending... they had their best season,since 2000,when they won the President's Trophy,but lost in the first round,to the San Jose Sharks,in seven games... they were very good,winning five of their last six games,losing only to the Winnipeg Jets,1-0,in the month of April(regular season)... with most of these teams,the question is:can the Blues win the Central Division,again,and be a team on the rise,or will they be a team with talent,who implodes under pressure of the home stretch of the 2015-2016 NHL season??? they have the talent to be a Stanley Cup contender,but honestly the Central Division is tough to win,and it should be a dogfight,like always,folks...

2015-2016 Montreal Canadiens...

the Montreal Canadiens had the Vezina Trophy(best goaltender)winner(Carey Price),and a potent team offense,and a stingy team defense... they had a season that was a real dream(110 points-43 regulation/overtime wins)... that number of ROW's was tied for third,with the Anaheim Ducks,in the NHL... they won the Atlantic Division,two points ahead of the Stanley Cup finalist Tampa Bay Lightning... all good news,but question is that the Canadiens have been up and down,in recent years... they have the overall talent to win the Stanley Cup,but other teams may have a say on how the Canadiens play,this season... Max Pacioretty,Tomas Plekanec,Andrei Markov,and P.K. Subban will balance the team offense,and defense,as Price should be a rock in net... however,can Price repeat his season that he had last season... that is the mark of a great goaltender...

blog statement...

day off... has been a strange night... later on,sleep will come... so "Idaho Spud" time...